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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 02 2011 - 10:02:46 CST

David,
  If you want Python support, you will need to compile VMD from
the source code. Get the source distribution for this, as the binary
distribution you have been trying up to this point does not contain any
source code. To compile from source, you should follow the guidance here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/doxygen/compiling.html#compiling

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 03:41:34PM +0000, David Huggins wrote:
> Thanks very much,
> That does indeed install, but I think I need to rebuild as this uncovers a
> problem with python support which I have seen before. When running vmd
> using the python text interface after installing I get:
> ERROR) Sorry, this version of VMD was compiled with Python support
> disabled
> ERROR) Skipping startup script because Python could not be started.
> As I said, I downloaded the python libraries from the VMD website but that
> doesnt seem to help. Does this require compiling from source or using
> another version of vmd? I havent had much success compiling vmd from
> source so far.
> Dave
>
> On 2 March 2011 14:31, Olaf Lenz <olenz_at_icp.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>
> On 03/02/2011 02:38 PM, David Huggins wrote:
> > ./configure LINUX OPENGL FLTK TK ACTC CUDA IMD LIBSBALL XINPUT
> > LIBTACHYON VRPN NETCDF TCL PYTHON PTHREADS NUMPY
> > cd src/
> > make veryclean (just in case)
> > make install
>
> Have you tried without the "make veryclean"?
>
> The downloaded package contains the prepackaged binaries, which can be
> installed with "make install". If you run "make veryclean" first, it
> will most probably remove exactly these binaries, and isn't able to
> install them afterwards anymore.
>
> That happens when you try to be more intelligent than what the manual
> says... ;-)
>
> Olaf
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